A new £5m BAE Systems national training academy is to be built at Humberside Airport. It will provide up to 60 apprentice opportunities every year resulting in over 150 new jobs over three years.
Barking & Dagenham College has responded to employer needs by launching a flexible Higher Level Apprenticeship in Project Management where the teaching is delivered online.
On Monday, Prime Minister David Cameron will say that he wants to end youth unemployment and that a future Conservative government would use £1bn in welfare spending cuts to fund 3 million apprenticeships.
On 7th October, the Association of Education and Learning Providers (AELP) will host a free webinar, giving industry leaders a sneak preview of new resources developed by the Apprenticeship Staff Support Programme.
During the EuroSkills Competition, international industry partners, governmental agencies and educational institutions come together to encourage world class standards of skills and competences in Europe.
“For some time we been considering harnessing fresh new talent at school-leaver age rather than after university," said a spokesperson for CPL, a provider of technical solutions, production equipment and specialist project management services.
This summer also marks one year on since the prime minister launched the Disability Confident campaign to help more disabled people into apprenticeships and jobs, and dispel the myths around the costs of hiring someone with a disability.
